I'm a useless prince, so what if I know a little bit of chemistry?

Although the north is the heartland of the Huns' territory, its defense is weak at this moment.

However, there were too many Hun cavalry in other directions, and breaking through by force was definitely not a good option.

If he insisted on breaking out, with Nian Gui's current military strength, he would only end up being eaten away step by step.

Nian Gui spat out a mouthful of blood and cursed, "I have been hunting geese all my life, but in the end, I was blinded by a goose."

The adjutant was afraid that Nian Gui would be upset, so he hurriedly tried to persuade him, "General, as long as you are still alive, you will surely make a comeback one day."

"General, there is a mountain ahead!"

The cavalry on the side shouted.

Nian Gui took a quick look and saw that the mountain was steep and relatively easy to defend, so he ordered, "Go up the mountain and take shelter first."

Going up the mountain is not a very good choice. Once you go up the mountain, it is very easy to be surrounded, and then there will be no way up to the sky and no door to the earth.

But if they don't go up the mountain, the cavalry will be too big a target on the endless prairie and will be easily surrounded again.

After weighing the pros and cons, Nian Gui had no choice but to go up the mountain.

Nian Gui ordered, “Send fifty people to find a way to deliver the letter, and the rest of you follow me up the mountain.”

"Yes, first team, disperse and find a way to deliver the letter!" The adjutant responded and immediately spoke to the soldiers around him.

"Yes!"

The first team dispersed and ran in various directions.

Nian Gui took the rest of the soldiers and climbed up the isolated mountain.

The lonely mountain in the vast snow-capped mountains is like a solitary boat on the ocean, which seems to foreshadow the situation that Nian Gui and others are isolated and helpless.

After going up the mountain, Nian Gui immediately sent people to build simple defensive fortifications to prevent the Huns from attacking the mountain.

Nian Gui stood on a high place and watched the first team break out.

The first team has already engaged the Huns.

The number of troops on both sides was very different, and the soldiers sent by Nian Gui were already tired. Nian Gui himself was not sure that they could break out.

The result seemed to be as Nian Gui had expected. Thirty of the fifty people were shot and killed from a distance before they even got close to the Huns.

There were still a few of them, although they were far away, they were still caught up by the Huns and killed.

"Alas, it is God's will that I am doomed." Nian Gui sighed, as if he had expected to solve it himself.

But at this moment, Nian Gui suddenly saw a soldier rushing out to kill.

"Ok?"

It’s not that the man was very good at martial arts, but the Huns didn’t seem to intend to kill him. They just fought with him a few times and then let him go.

Nian Gui had fought countless battles in his life and immediately realized that something was wrong.

If the Huns wanted to catch them all in one fell swoop, they would never let anyone escape, but now they let one person go.

"General, something seems to be wrong." The adjutant whispered in Nian Gui's ear.

"Yes, it seems that the Huns do not intend to take our lives. They are planning to surround and attack the reinforcements." Nian Gui said coldly.

Everyone was silent. If they were really going to surround the enemy and attack the reinforcements, they would all be a burden.

Not only would it be impossible for them to help the outside reinforcements, but because of their own reasons, the reinforcements would be gradually devoured by the Huns.

"Wait for the reinforcements to arrive, then attack us from both inside and outside. Even if I die, I will die on the battlefield!" Nian Gui said firmly, he had already made up his mind.

Even if they committed suicide on the spot, reinforcements would arrive. All that was left was to fight to the death to wash away their humiliation.

"I wonder how Fan'er is doing." Nian Gui looked towards the south and murmured.

Nian Gui's gaze seemed to penetrate thousands of miles and looked towards Guangling City in the south of the Yangtze River.

At this moment, Lin Fan seemed to sense something and looked towards the north.

"My lord, what's wrong?" Chun Fang asked.

Lin Fan shook his head and said, "Nothing, just go and see how the salt is cooking."

Lin Fan and Chunfang walked to where Chu Hu was cooking salt.

Chu Hu was sweating profusely because of the fire, but he didn't dare to give up. He could only wipe the sweat off his face while stirring the pot.

"My Lord, it's already so late. I'm dying of heat." When Chu Hu saw Lin Fan coming, he immediately put on a pitiful expression.

Lin Fan was speechless and said, "At least you have to boil it until there is only a little salt water left in the pot. You have to keep working hard."

"That's fine. It's almost done anyway. I'll just hold on a little longer." After saying that, Chu Hu picked up the wooden stick and started stirring again.

Finally, only a little bit of the salt water was left in the pot, and there were already many tiny salt particles in the pot.

Because of the wood ash water, the salt is a bit black, not as white as the refined salt Lin Fan had seen in his previous life.

"My Lord, is this salt edible?" Chu Hu still couldn't believe it. Just adding some ash can make mineral salt taste good?

"Of course it's edible. Why don't you try it?" Lin Fan said confidently.

Chu Hu was a little hesitant, but still prepared to try it. However, before Chu Hu could grab a handful of salt, Qin Shian pushed it towards him.

"You don't dare to try, let me try it, brother."

Without waiting for others to react, Qin Shian grabbed a handful of salt and put it in his mouth.

"How is it?" Chu Hu asked hurriedly.

But seeing that Qin Shian looked very unhappy, Chun Fang was shocked and wanted to call a doctor.

Qin Shian spat a few times and shouted, "Puh, puh, puh, why is it so salty? Puh, puh, puh, water, I want to drink water."

Qin Shian shouted and looked around, but couldn't find any water. He lowered his head and saw a bucket of unused water, so he picked it up and drank it in big gulps.

In just a few minutes, Qin Shian had drunk up half the bucket of water.

Chu Hu asked: "How is it, are you feeling unwell?"

Chun Fang also looked at Qin Shian with concern, fearing that something might happen to Qin Shian.

"I don't think it's a big deal, it's just too salty." Qin Shian said, scratching his head.

"Try it all. Don't be like Shi'an and stuff a handful of salt into it." Lin Fan said with a smile.

Lin Fan dipped his finger in a little fine salt and tasted it. Although the taste was not as good as the refined salt in his previous life, it only had a little more flavor of wood ash. In this era, it was enough to be considered a fine product.

Chu Hu and Chun Fang followed Lin Fan's example, dipped some cigarette in their mouths and tasted it, and their eyes lit up.

"I have never tasted such delicious salt in my life. This salt is simply the best!" Chu Hu's face was full of surprise. He dipped some salt and put it in his mouth to taste it.

"This salt is better than the salt in the imperial city. If we use this salt to cook, the taste will be much better." Chun Fang looked at Lin Fan with some admiration in his eyes.

"The taste is not the key. The key is that there are countless mineral salts, and they are inedible. Using this method to turn mineral salt into edible salt, what do you think the profit will be based on this cost?" Lin Fan asked with a smile.

Although Chun Fang and Chu Hu are not businessmen, they still have a general idea in their minds.

After doing the math, they were both stunned.